More emojis are coming to your smartphone

The Unicode Consortium (the governing body that approves emojis) has just officially announced Unicode 10 that will include 56 new emojis that you can use. New emojis such a smiley wearing a hijab is now included.

Unicode 10 update will give you 56 more emojis.

The Unicode Consortium (the governing body that approves emojis) has just officially announced Unicode 10 that will include 56 new emojis that you can use. New emojis such a smiley wearing a hijab is now included.

“Unicode 10.0 adds 8,518 characters, for a total of 136,690 characters. These additions include 4 new scripts, for a total of 139 scripts, as well as 56 new emoji characters,” it said about the new release.

Here’s some of all the new emojis:

Crazy Face

Hijab

Dinosaurs

Bitcoin symbol

‘Colbert Emoji’ (Face With Raised Eyebrow)

Exploding Head

Elf

Genie

Zombie

Person in Steamy Room

Person Climbing

Brain

Orange Heart

Scarf

Gloves

Zebra

Giraffe

Hedgehog

Pie

Canned Food

Unicode 10 should come to major operating mobile operating systems soon – most likely Android O and iOS 11 coming later this year.

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